Borders of Faith: Socio-spatial Disputes in Aparecida, Land of the Patron Saint of Brazil

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https://doi.org/10.36403/espacoaberto.2020.29786

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Territorial Disputes, Sacred and Pofane, Spectacularization of Faith, Sacralization of Space.

Abstract

The city of Aparecida, located in the Paraíba Valley of São Paulo State, was born from a fortuitous circumstance: the recovery of an image of Our Lady of Conception in the Paraíba River. This study addresses processes of urbanization in what became the largest pilgrimage center in Brazil where territorial disputes arose between the Catholic Church and Municipal Government. Over time the initial dispute between the needs of faith and the needs of making a living has shifted to conflict involving contemporary necessities. The study is based on bibliographic research, the analysis of governmental and Catholic Church documents and field research and contributes to understanding contemporary cultural and spatial contradictions.

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Pedro Ribeiro Moreira Neto, Universidade do Vale do Paraíba

Dr em "Géographie Humaine et Organisation de l'Espace - Institut de Geógraphie Université Paris I - Panthéon-Sorbonne" (1982) e em História Social - Faculdade de Filosofia Letras e Ciências Humanas FFLCH - Universidade de São Paulo-USP (2002)

Antonio Carlos Guimaraes, Universidade do Vale do Paraíba

Doutor em Ciências Sociais pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (2001). Colaborador do Programa de Pós-graduação em Planejamento Urbano e Regional da Universidade do Vale do Paraíba.

Valéria Regina Zanetti, Universidade do Vale do Paraíba (UNIVAP)

Dra em HIstória Social, professora do Programa de Pós graduação em Planejamento Urbano e Regional no Instituto de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento da Universidade do Vale do Paraíba.

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2020-10-22

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MOREIRA NETO, Pedro Ribeiro; GUIMARAES, Antonio Carlos; ZANETTI, Valéria Regina. Borders of Faith: Socio-spatial Disputes in Aparecida, Land of the Patron Saint of Brazil. Espaço Aberto, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, v. 10, n. 2, p. 107–127, 2020. DOI: 10.36403/espacoaberto.2020.29786. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufrj.br/index.php/EspacoAberto/article/view/29786. Acesso em: 18 jul. 2024.

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Vol. 10 No. 2 (2020): Julho/Dezembro - Artigos regulares

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